Email OTP Verification coming to Teams Meetings

Microsoft introducing a new security feature in Teams that will enable enforcements of Email OTP verification for meetings. This new policy, "Anonymous users can join a meeting after verifying," will be available in the Teams Admin Center for all organizations. This feature is available only for meetings created by organizers with a Teams Premium license. The feature is in public preview, but should be rolling out in GA any time soon. The update will roll out automatically. Admins should consider to update the new meeting policy setting from “By e-mail code” to “No” by mid-February if they wish to continue blocking all unverified users (If "No" is the current setting). The policy is described in this article .

Reminder: End of support for Classic Teams + New Teams support all account types

End of support: Here is a quick reminder to switch to the new Teams if you have not done so yet. End of support is just around the corner, and users will get a pop-up notification when support ends. Current date for end of support is July 1st 2024, but the client will be available for another year, until July 1st 2025. There are some exceptions to this timeline, and they are all documented here: (Link) This would apply to users of VDI infrastructure and unsupported operating systems (Out of date).

All account types supported: One of the benefits of the new client is the support of all account types. Users no longer need one client for business users, and another client for private Teams accounts (Teams for life). The new client will support all account types, and this feature is currently rolling out according to the following roadmap item.